Carrier profile · USDOT 97327 · MC-571935 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BAUCOM'S NURSERY CO

20 power unitsavg 4.5 yrMulti-region · 9 statesCHARLOTTE, NC76/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-571935 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 15.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 17.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

28.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 20-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 29
Annualized: ≈15 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

69%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

15%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

30%

Vehicle Maintenance

Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 8 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues

10No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 17 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	3	1	1	3
2022	1	0	0	1
2015	2	0	1	2
2008	1	0	0	1
2007	2	0	1	2
2006	1	0	0	1
2004	1	0	1	0
2002	2	0	2	1
2000	1	0	1	1
1999	2	0	1	2
1997	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 23, 2025	FL	0	1	Yes
Nov 3, 2025	VA	0	0	Yes
Jan 13, 2025	NC	1	0	Yes
May 20, 2022	NC	0	0	Yes
Oct 14, 2015	NC	0	0	Yes
Oct 14, 2015	SC	0	2	Yes
Aug 11, 2008	SC	0	0	Yes
Aug 24, 2007	TN	0	3	Yes
May 1, 2007	NC	0	0	Yes
May 6, 2006	NC	0	0	Yes
Apr 5, 2004	SC	0	2	No
Jun 26, 2002	NC	0	1	Yes
Apr 15, 2002	NC	0	1	No
Sep 8, 2000	NC	0	1	Yes
Jul 13, 1999	FL	0	1	Yes
Jan 28, 1999	FL	0	0	Yes
Jul 31, 1997	GA	0	0	Yes